Guidance

Health and safety for major road schemes: plant and equipment

Part of Highways England's 'Raising the bar' health and safety initiative to identify best practice, raise standards and improve supply chain engagement.

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Raising the bar 1: plant and equipment (February 2019)

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Best practice standards setting the health and safety requirements for items of operated plant machinery used frequently on civil engineering projects.

This document is to be used in conjunction with project specific vehicle and plant management plans and is subject to ongoing improvement as new technologies are developed.

It forms part of Highways England’s Raising the bar health and safety initiative.

Published 1 November 2013
Last updated 29 April 2019 + show all updates
  1. Added amended document

  2. First published.